Saying goodbye to a good public servantFormer Queens Councilman Al Stabile was laid to rest last week. For those of us who knew him, Al was a larger-than-life personality. From when I first met him when I was Little Leaguer in the early...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will meet with U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan in New York on Friday, according to a Trump transition team official. Representatives for Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, could not be immediately reached for comment on the meeting. Trump had also been scheduled on Friday to meet with U.S. Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia, a Democrat. (Reporting by Melissa Fares; Writing by Susan Heavey; Editing by Nick Zieminski)